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Rhodes (JAMES FORD an American)

JAMES FORD, an American historian; born in Cleveland, O., May 1, 1848. He was educated at the Universities of New York and Chicago; spent some years in study abroad, and engaged in business till 1891. He wrote "History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850" (new ed. 1906); "Historical Essays" (1909); "History of the Civil War" (1917); "History of the United States, 1877-1896" (1919), etc.

He was awarded the Loubat Prize from Berlin Academy of Science, 1901; gold RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS medal National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1910; Pulitzer Prize, Columbia University, 1918; and many honorary degrees from American and foreign universities. He was an ex-president of the American Historical Society and a member of many domestic and foreign societies.